Mitigating the impacts of climate change: Moose protection & Anishnabe governance

Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change is a series separate workshops featuring speakers who share their insights on Indigenous environmental leadership, community action, and land-based learning. 

Join us as Anishnabe Knowledge Keeper Shannon Chief/Waba Mako discusses various contributions to the decolonization and restoration of her people’s sovereignty, including the defense and protection of land, waters, and language and the community-driven Anishnabe Moose Studies project.

Speaker

Shannon Chief/Waba Mako is Wolf Clan from the Anishnabe-Algonquin Nation. She contributes at various levels to the decolonization and the restoration of her people’s sovereignty. The defense and protection of land, waters and language is a priority for the Anishnabeg. Waba is a Knowledge Keeper who prioritizes knowledge & language sharing to Anishnabe communities. Waba is the former AMC coordinator for the Anishnabe Moose Studies which has always been community-driven project from 2022 to 2025. Today, Waba is the Interium Managing Director for Tinakiwin, a newly non profit organization established to continue on the advocacy work within the Algonquin Territory.

This event has been generously funded by the Chamandy Foundation.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Audience: Concordia community and external